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Boerestaat Party

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Boerestaat Party
LeaderCoen Vermaak
FounderRobert van Tonder
Founded30 September 1986
IdeologyBoer nationalism
Volkstaat
Political positionRight-wing[1]
Party flag
Website
www.boerestaatparty.co.za/[dead link]

TheBoerstaat Party(English:Boer State Party) is aBoer nationalistSouth Africanpolitical partyfounded on 30 September 1986 by Robert van Tonder. It was never officially registered as a political party because it was unable to rally 500 persons under one roof, a requirement under South African electoral law for official political party status. It was never represented in the South African Parliament, neither in the apartheid era nor after democratisation. In 1989, it joined theAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging(AWB) in declaring support for Jaap Marais, the leader of theHerstigte Nasionale Party[2]and has worked with the HNP on occasion since. The party was a charter member of theAfrikaner Volksfrontcoalition group. It has also operated with the paramilitary group, theBoere Weerstandsbeweging(Boer Resistance Movement) led by Andrew Ford.

The BSP were the third group in South Africa to openly advocate the restoration of theSouth African Republicand theOrange Free Stateand call for the secession of these territories from the Union of South Africa. Other groups advocated this notion in the past, with theMaritz Rebellionof 1914 and theOssewa Brandwagof the 1940s being the most notable. This policy was later taken on board by the AWB and other rightist movements. The BSP further argued that theBoercitizens of these nineteenth century republics should be considered as a distinct nation from theAfrikaners,known as aBoerestaat.[3]

The BSP has been noted for adopting controversial views onAIDSand came out in support of the views on the subject expressed byThabo Mbeki.[4]The party has also taken an active role in ensuring that theVoortrekker Monumentis cared for, with current leader Coen Vermaak a leading advocate in this campaign.[5]

The current leader, Coen Vermaak, has become noted for his conspiratorial beliefs inwhite genocide.He has argued that the South Africa government is usingcontraceptivesand abortion to stall white population growth. He stated: 'I am convinced the abortion law is aimed at getting rid of white babies'. Vermaak also believes thatAIDSis hoax to encourage the use of condoms among white South Africans.[6]

The party rejectsuniversal suffrage,although it has said that voting rights should not be limited to whites. Vermaak believes that social status should determine voting power and that, for instance, doctors and homeless people should have different amounts of voting power.[7]In 2015, 33.0% of medical students were white,[8]despite making up only 8.4% of the population.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^"CONSERVATIVE PARTY (CP)".The Heart of Hope.21 October 2016.Retrieved2 April2023.
  2. ^Du Toit, Brian M. (1991). "The Far Right in Current South African Politics".The Journal of Modern African Studies.29(4).Cambridge University Press:627–67.doi:10.1017/S0022278X00005693.ISSN1469-7777.JSTOR161141.S2CID154640869.
  3. ^Article on South African Far RightArchived13 March 2007 at theWayback MachineM. Schönenteich & H. Boshoff,Volk Faith and Fatherland: The Security Threat Posed by the White Right
  4. ^Cherry, Michael (2000)."Letter fuels South Africa's AIDS furore".Nature.404(6781): 911.doi:10.1038/35010218.PMID10801091.
  5. ^Afrikaner Symbol Moves Into New Sa
  6. ^'White Far-Right Wants its Say'Archived15 January 2008 at theWayback Machine
  7. ^Far Right Looks to Political MainstreamArchived30 September 2007 at theWayback Machinefrom theMail & Guardian
  8. ^van der Merwe LJ, van Zyl GJ, St Clair Gibson A, Viljoen M, Iputo JE, Mammen M, Chitha W, Perez AM, Hartman N, Fonn S, Green-Thompson L, Ayo-Ysuf OA, Botha GC, Manning D, Botha SJ, Hift R, Retief P, van Heerden BB, Volmink J (16 December 2015). "South African medical schools: Current state of selection criteria and medical students' demographic profile".South African Medical Journal.106(1): 76–81.doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i1.9913.hdl:10019.1/100617.PMID26792312.
  9. ^"Africa:: SOUTH AFRICA".The World Factbook.Central Intelligence Agency. 2 November 2022.

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